The Latest Breaking News from Iran

The world experienced over 60 armed conflicts in 2024, a “historically high” number according to scholars in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Consequently, the risks faced by multinational companies (MNCs) operating in conflict-torn regions, especially the Middle East and North Africa, have significantly intensified. Israel’s…

Mandonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was detained by ICE officers last month as she gardened in the yard of her New Orleans home

Tehran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi visits Saudi Arabia for the first time after Iran’s 12-day war with Israel.

Lindsay and Craig Foreman’s family feared they were being held in Iran’s Evin prison when it was bombed by Israel

Son of Lindsay Foreman said they had also not known for fortnight if she and husband, Craig, had survived Israeli bombing

Foreign secretary, David Lammy, says European nations will act if there is no cooperation with nuclear inspectors

Trump and his US envoy to Middle East both claimed talks could happen next week, following Iranian president’s comments.

Brushing aside increasingly urgent official warnings to stay clear of Iran, some European tourists still head to the Islamic Republic, which is accused by Western governments of practicing "hostage diplomacy".

COMMENT: It is much cheaper to steer communities away from violence than to respond to its devastating impacts, write Labour MP Alex Ballinger and Lord Jack McConnell

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‘If we often strongly advise against travelling to certain countries, it is precisely so as not to find ourselves at risk’, French minister says